Sustainability management

The aim of our Sustainability Management BSc programme is to prepare sustainability specialists, managers and experts, successfully implement solutions that help to achieve business and social development goals without depletion of natural resources. You will gain the most up-to-date knowledge and practical skills within the courses related to the environment (including climate change and its consequences, natural hazards, water management problems, waste management, responsible management of environmental resources, protection of natural ecosystems and biodiversity); socio-economic issues (focused on specific models of economic development and social life, the impact of environmental changes on social interactions); management (management and leadership as mechanisms of planning and implementation of tasks).

The programme is in line with the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations. It delivers a curriculum balanced between environmental strategies and socio-economic development and is consistent with the state-of-the-art and the priorities of the European Union policy (Green Deal, Circular Bioeconomy, Digital Transformation, Jobs & Growth, Social Protection & Health). In particular, the programme focuses on such issues as biodiversity, climate change, smart agriculture and food production, sustainable tourism and urban development.

Our graduates will be ready to forecast and identify the most pressing problems of the contemporary world, analyse them, and evaluate ecological and human risks. They will also be able to design solutions to various crisis situations in the human environment-related, among others, to climate change, natural disasters, water resource deficits, ecosystem transformation, biodiversity reduction, energy security, etc. The graduates will be prepared to work in all types of organizations, companies and institutions that aim to build more environmentally friendly practices at the local, state and global levels. They may be employed as analysts, consultants, planners, managers, directors or educators. In particular, graduates are expected to be engaged in biological, chemical, hydrological, water and wastewater and waste laboratories; local and state government and non-governmental organisations, agencies and departments monitoring, organizing and supporting activities for sustainable development, and educational institutions of all levels.

We offer an interdisciplinary and complex approach to the sustainability idea and integrate environmental, social sciences and civil engineering to make the earth more sustainable. Academic staff involved in the programme is a multidisciplinary team of experts from various Faculties of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (including the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, the Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, the Faculty of Chemistry, the Faculty of Economics), as well as from the Lublin University of Technology and the University of Life Sciences in Lublin. Moreover, we ensure individual learning pathways – you might be able to choose between tracks offering specialization in the following areas: Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Governance, Energy and Technology for Sustainable Development, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production, Sustainable Urban Development, Crisis and Disaster Management.

The Sustainability Management BSc programme is delivered in compliance with European teaching standards. Therefore, our graduates may choose to continue studying at the master’s degree level at UMCS or elsewhere in Poland or in the European Union countries.

The study programme does not include an internship. 

Course structure

https://phavi.umcs.pl/at/attachments/2023/0508/080245-course-structure-sustainability-management-2023-2024.pdf

Find out more:

Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology

Instagram

Qualification rules

1. Admission is open to both Polish citizens and international students.
2. The highest final grade in one of the following subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Mathematics scored in secondary school leaving examination.
3. The programme is offered on a tuition fee-paying basis to candidates holding a high school diploma or any other equivalent degree which entitles them to undertake the Bachelor’s degree programme in the country where the documents were issued.
4. A candidate must submit a complete set of application documents (visit Application procedure Tab), including the certificate proving the applicant’s English language skills (list of recognized certificates: https://rekrutacja.umcs.pl/en/language-proficiency-certifications/ ) or a document confirming that the Education was fully conducted in English (issued by the school/University) and/or based on an interview in English.
5. Registration is open within the admission period or until all the vacancies are filled.
6. Academic documents should be translated into Polish. Visit the database of recognized sworn translators in Poland HERE.
7. Recognition certificate issued by the Board of Education in Poland (pl Kuratorium Oświaty)
   NB: Please contact the Admissions Office for further guidance.

The required registration fee payment is PLN 85. Please check the instructions on how to make a payment in the system.

Tuition fee:
1st year € 3000
2nd year € 3000 
3rd year € 2000

Enquiries about course content, structure and syllabus: contact person: Małgorzata Wójcik mwojcik@mail.umcs.pl
Admission enquiries: studyinenglish@umcs.pl